first off, obama is republican. his wall street policy, healthcare policy, freetrade policy, running up deficits policy, all republican.
perhaps he is realizing the marketchanging power of the US oil industry as it expands. it has triggered a price war thats good for us consumers, bad for jihadis & their financiers. bad for russia. cheap oil grows the economy, creates jobs, & finances the entitlement programs by reducing the deficit. it solves all of obamas problems, leaves him a nice legacy as a peace president that recovered the economy.
or maybe he saw what happened in the gulf after macando, & concluded the earth is not fragile.
